Ticket printing and delivering machine.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

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HENRY H. CUMMINGS, OF NEWTON. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO ADAMS D. GLAFLIN, OF NEWTONQ MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET PRINTING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Original application filed November 15, 1905, Serial No. 287,438. Divided and this application filed April 30,1906. Serial No. 314,399.

by the aid of which a ticket-strip is stamped or printed, delivered, and severed into convenient lengths by the automatic operation of a train of mechanical devices. In the em bodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings and described hereinbelow these operations are accomplished in stated cycle which cannot be initiated or repeated until a coin is introduced into the mechanism, as my inventions and improvements are .designed and adapted to furnish the operators of railway-oars or other public conveyances with an efficient, convenient, reliable, mechanical safeguard against the fraudulent use by employees of transfer-slips which are at the present time so generally used. It will be found preferable, and in most cases, I believe, practically necessary, to have the ticket stamping, delivering, and severing mechanism associated with a coin-controlled mechanism, so that only under the condition of introducing a coin, check, or other obj ect can the train of mechanism be set in motion. The coin-controlled apparatus which forms a part of the mechanism in which my invention is embodied and with which it is associated is the subject-matter of another application for patent iiled by me November 15, 1905, of which the present application is a division, and while the said coinecontrolled apparatus is reserved for claim in the said prior application as the-ticket printing, delivering, and severing mechanism and is intimately associated mechanically with the said coin-controlled mechanism it will be described hereinbelow. r

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure I is a front elevation of the casing of my ticket marking and delivering mechanism, showing the operating-handle and the coin-apertures. Fig. 2 is a view of the same with one of its covers removed. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the rearof the device with the cover removed from the casing. Fig. 5 is a section along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 illustrates one of the tickets after it has been marked and severed from the strip, the time-stamp impression upon said-ticket not being shown in this figure. Fig. 7 is a view of the interior of the casing, showing the side of the timepiececompartment, the slot wherethrough the ticket-slip emerges, and the time-stamp dial and other stamping-type which may be supplied, if desired. Fig. 8 is a view of the stripholder and strip-severing devices shown removed from the casing. Fig. 9 is an elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the main operating-shaft of the machine and Fig. 10 is a se 11- tional view from below, on a similar enlarged scale, along the line 10 10, Fig. 2, showing the inside of the upper and curved portion of the strip-holder.

The ticket marking and delivering mechanism is inclosed in a metallic case or box H, Fig. 1, provided with sliding covers, as H, which may be locked in position. For convenience the casing may be supplied externally with clips or links (not shown) whereby to suspend it around the neck of the railwaycar conductor or other official. In the front cover H, I provide a number of parallel slots H each of which is of the proper size to admit of the passage of a coinsay a five-cent pieceand alongside of the slots H I provide also a series of slots II, through which may be displayed to view a tablet, which rests just under the cover H and on which may be printed, as shown, the appropriate names or abbreviations thereof of as many streets or routes as may be provided for by transfers to be issued by the railway-conductor carrying this ticket stamping, marking, and delivering device. The handle H is pivoted to swing externally over the sliding cover H, carrying the shaft K, and isprovided with a segmental slot 7L5, through which projects the driving.

pin is of the shaft K, this slotpermitting the handle H to be swung freely back and forth throughthe angular distance subtended by the slot Its. A cut away portion of the cover H is filled by the plate H so that the cover H may be slid outward under the handle H and past-the shaft K. -*-Referringto v Fig. 5, it will be seen that insidethecasing H,

I provide a compartment or receptacleE, in which is laid the ticket strip E, the same-be ing folded back and forth-uponitself, so that a considerable length of strip may be laid compactly in a small space.-, A lightspring 6 holds the folded strip E in proper position. The end of this strip is led upward and through the strip-holder D under the thin sheet-metal'cover d and down the substan' tially vertical portion d of the strip-holder to a point near the cutting mechanism F. At f regular intervals along the strip forationsE are made. (SeeFigl 6.) measured space "on the ticket strip E is printed with the situation, the transfer destinations being matter appropriate to the printed in a column'to c'orrespondwiththe column of 'coin ap'ertures H v Preliminary marking of theticket strt Directlyb'en'eath the coin-apertures H t ere is placed a 'semicylindrical eoin receptac le B,

Figs. 2 and '3, and at one'side'of this coin-re'- ceptacle (to the right thereof as viewed in Fig. 2) appear the series of ticketniarkers or perforators" A, whereof the perforating or I marking points a lie 'in the apertures a in the strip-holder D, the wipers a sta in the path of one edge of the inserted coin and the standards a v provided WithfBQD 07, against which press the leaves a of the spring secured to the baseof the coinreceptacle'B by screws, as (1 When a passenger on handing his fare to the com duc'tor say's,"for"instance, that he wishes a being pivoted to a rod a and transfer to Moody and Main-streets, the con-{" ducto'r slips afive-cerit piece intothe slot H Y which stands abreast of the words Mo'ody-" Main whichshows through one of the slots H, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 21 This 'act of insertion of the coin causesone edge of the coin to press against the wipera" and to thrustthe'marker-A sidewise, so that the marki'n oint a assesintothe a erture a g P P P and makesa mark or perforation in the ticket strip, which after the "ticket has been r'emovedand severed in the manner'to be de c and pivot 'pin c and a' spring'c which nor mally urges the rocker-plate- C to the position shown in Figs'f'2 and 3. When the rocker plate Cis in this normal position,'the latch 0 Figf'2, is held upwardby the spring 0 (se" abutment. The rocker Wiper c and with arms permit the action of the types.

cured by the screw 0) into the path of the segment al -disk is, so that-the shaft K, to which the segmental disk e is secured, may notrotate. The rotation of the shaft K in the oppositedirection is controlled and restrained by the pawl 1", Which is controlled by the spring r, this pawl 1" working in the ratchet-wheel k When the rocker-plate C -is moved by the insertion of a coin, the wiper c thereon presses against the tail of the latch '0 "depressing the outer "endfof the same "against the stress of the spring 0 thus releasing the shaft K and allowing the segmental disk 7c to turn as the handle H is ro--' tatedb'lockwis'e, Fig. 1.

Successive 'opemttons 0f the main shaft.

The first'ofiic'e' performed by the rotating shaft K is the release of the coin from the grip of the"rocker plate'C; This rocker-- finger 0 Figs; 2 and plate is provided witha 5, which stands in the path of the segmental disk-k, and as this disk is rotated it presses against the said finger and thrusts the rockerplate O still'farther from its normal position, freeing 'the"coin,'which then drops from the cylindrical receptacleB into the lower com partment of the casing The next'suc ceeding function-of the rotating shaft 'K is to release the'ticket-stamping mechanism.- A detent p is pivotally hung in the path of the pink, which is'carriedby the shaft K,

Figs. 2- and9, andthe other end p of this detent engages the downwardly-curved end of the strip-carrier 'D, so that the latter is un-- able to move toward the stamping-types" The strip-carrier D is held normally in this locked position by the spring D Fig. 4.)

rieris then free to turn'up'on'its pivot d.

The rotating shaft K next throws the stripcarrier'D into pressure-contact Withthe types'h L L (shown in Fig; 7) and performs this operation byme'ans of the 'coa'ctionof the 'wiper roll'erk",

which is secured on the ins'ide'of the strip-carrier D.- This 'coaction forces-the carrier D into contact with the 1 I I 5 of the- (3&1116118 cut away to form a suitable openas at L ,'Fig. 8, through which the types types, and'the strip'd, lying in the carrier D,

1s properly impressed; The cover (1 operate',-theryielding pad E over which the strip passes, providing a proper surface 'to The ticketstrip havingbeen indented 'by'the types L L U, the roll k passes'by the cam-block d, thespring-D returns the strip carrier' 'D to its normal position, and the roll k next makes contact with "the arm" f of the bell-drank lever,"w-hose other arnrf is connected-to the hanging link 3, "which in turn connects with the lever'f 'wh'ich'is pivoted uponthe pin (1, which serves alsofor the-pivot for the strip- (Shown in When the pin k lifts the detentp and removes the catch '19 at its end from engagement with the stripcarrierD, this 'car carried by the lug'k with carrier D. A spring f Figs. 4 and 5, resists the movement of the bell-crank f f and would return the bell-crank lever to its nor mal position after the passage of the roll is" were it not for the catch f, which, pivoted at f and controlled by the springf (see Fig. 4,) automatically opposes its notched end 6 over the top of the cutter-plate F, whic is depressed by the lever f which projects into the aperture f of the cutter-plate, this plate being mounted to slide upon the back plate F, (being secured thereto in this sliding relation by the screws f which play in slots cut in said cutter-plate F, the cutting edge f thereof being shown clearly in Fig. 8.) Thus by the catchf the cutter-plate F is held against the stress of the spring After accomplishing the setting of the cutter-plate the shaft K in its further rotation feeds the ticket-strip downward so as to protrude the end thereof through the slot h. (Shown in Figs. 5 and 7.) The feeding of the strip is effected by the rotation of feed-rolls (Z and the roll (Z being actuated by its pinion, which meshes with the gear (1 which is carried by the yoke d. On the shaft K the projecting segment strikes the toothed disk and thereby turns gear cl against spring a, Fig. 10, accurately to mesh with segmentgear k, which moves the yoke d upward, rocking it upon its pivot, (shown in Fig. 5,) this rocking movement being against the stress of the spring (1 which presses against the tail (1 of the yoke d. On the back side of the mechanism, as seen in Fig. i, there is pivoted the bell-crank d (Z the end (Z having a pin-and-slot connection with the yoke and the end (i having a pin-andslot connection with the strip-detent (Z W'hen in its normal position, the yoke (Z through the connections of the bell-crank (Z (Z holds the strip-detent (Z pressed down upon the paper-strip, which it reaches through the slot (Z This strip-detent is provided so as to prevent retraction of the strip when the strip-holder D is pressed forward against the printing-types. After the strip-detent d is released the further rotation of the shaft K carries the segmental gear 7r into mesh with the gear-wheel (Z and the train of gearing rotates the feed-roll (Z and feeds forward the strip pushing it out from the slot h, the transverse slot in the knife-plate F being held depressed so as to permit the passage of the said strip. This operation completes the cycle performed by the main shaft K of the machine.

Severtng the ticketstrip.-Referring to Fig. 4, the trigger 9 projects into the ticket-carrier D through the slot 9 (Shownin Fig. 8.) The trigger-arm g is pivoted to the crankarm of the piece 9*, which is spring-controlled by the spring 9 This piece g appears also in Fig. 5 and carries the lug g in position to operate upon the knife-catch f The end of the trigger g is of proper size and depth to enter one of the previously-prepared perforations in the strip E, so that when the railwaycar conductor or other operator takes hold of the end of the protruded ticket-strip and draws it out the trigger g, falling into one of the said perforations is carried downward by the strip, and by the turning of the piece 9 the lug g presses the knife-catch out of en gagement with the knife-plate F, which under the stress of springf snaps upward and severs the ticket at the proper point.

In order to insure the proper operation of the trigger g, there is arranged the guideplate M, pivoted at m, as seen in Fig. 4. This guide-plate has a cam-slot in its arm m, said slot being shown at m embracing the pin m", which is fixed to the link f. The other arm of the guide-plate M appears at m, where it is bent to form a vertical openended trough whereof the sides are m and m. WVhen the link f is lifted by the action of shaft K upon bell-crank lever f f the arm m of plate M is swung inward toward the strip-carrier D, so that the trigger g, which is provided for the purpose with the laterally-projecting pin 9 (see Fig. 7,) said pin 9 traveling between the trough edges m m, is constrained to descend in the proper path and is instantly lifted out of engagement with the strip, when the link f S descends in response to the action of spring f as the strip is cut by the knife F, the descent of the disk throwing the plate M outward.

The time-stamp.-The time-stamp (shown at L in Fig. 7) may be operated by a timepiece N, inserted in the proper compartment or receptacle in the casing II. Other types, such as shown at L L may be provided at will.

I claim as my invention 1. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, the combination of a strip-holder, feed-rolls, a strip-cutter, a spring controlling the cutter, a shaft, a crank-handle thereon, a cuttersetting arm and means on said shaft to set the cutter, a catch to hold the cutter in set position against the stress of the cutterspring, gear connections between the shaft and feed-rolls, a trigger, adapted to engage a perforation in a ticketstrip and movable therewith, a tripper and connections therewith to the trigger, to release the cuttercatch by movement of said trigger.

2. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, the combination of a strip-holder, feed-rolls, a strip-cutter, a spring controlling the cutter, a strip-detent, a shaft, a crank-handle thereon, a cuttersetting arm and means carried by said shaft to set the cutter, a catch to hold the cutter in set position against the stress of the cutter-spring, means actuated by the shaft to release the strip-detent, gear connection between the shaft and feed-rolls; a trigger, adapted to engage a perforation in and movable therewith, 1 a

a ticket=strip,

therewith to the tripper, and connections trigger, to release the cutter-catch by movea cutter-catch, a trigger to release the catch, adapted to engage-a perforation in a ticket-.-

strip, and .a trlgger-guide, movabletoward and from the. strip-holder, andxmeans to move said trigger-guide.

5. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, ..a

strip-holder, a spring-c ontrolled 1 strip-cutter cutter-setting mechanism, a cutter-catch, a trigger to release. the gage a perforation in a ticket-strip, andv a trigger-guidemovable toward and from the strip-holder, and connections with the cuttersetting mechanism to move the guide.

6. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, the.

combination of a strip-holder, afeed-roll, a frame carrying said ..feed-roll, said frame movable, a spring normallyholding saidframe retracted from feeding position, a

shaft, meanscarried thereby to advancethe' frame to feeding position and thereafter to actuate the feed-roll to feed a strip in the strip-holder.-

7. In a ticket-delivering:mechanism, the combination: of a strip-holder, a strip-:detent,

a frame, a-feed-roll carriedsthereby, a spring normally holding saidv frame: retracted. from a shaft, means carried.

feeding position, thereby to advance the. frame to feeding position, and .to release said strip-detentyand catch, adapted to en the catch and meansithereafterto actuateithe feed-roll to feed a strip in the strip-holder.

8. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, a casing, stamping-types carried thereby, a strip-1 holder, movabletoward and from said types,

an actuating-shaft, a spring normally holding the strip-holder away from the types, a

catch for the strip-holder, means, carried by the shaft to release said catch and thereafter to move the strip-holder into contact with the types-.-

, 9. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, a casing, stamping-types carried thereby, a stripholder, movabletoward and from said-types,

an actuating-shaft, a sprlng normally holding the: strip-holder away from the types, a

to move the strip-holder .to the types, and a catch forthe strip-holder, means, carried by a the shaft to release said catch and thereafter strip-'detent, carriedby the strip-1holder,: to

prevent movement of a strip therein.

10. In a ticket-delivering mechanism, an

actuating-shaft, a crank-handle therefor, a strip-holder, a catch normally'engaging the same, means, carried by said shaft to release cession; a strip-cutter, springcontrolled, and

means, carried by said shaft,ito set the cutter against: the stress of the spring, by further move the strip-hold'er'in suc rotation of said shaft; -a strip feed-roll, a frametherefor, normally held out of feed potion, and actuate said roll, successively, said shaft being; movable in but one rotative direction.

Signed by -me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 25th day of April, 1906. i

HENRY .H. CUMMINGS.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH' T. BRENNAN, CHARLES D. WOODBERRY.

sition, means, carried by said shaft to move said :feed-roll frame and roll into feed posi- 

